What part of speech is foregoes?

Foregoes can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. foregoes is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of forego (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does foregoes mean?

Definitions

Verb

forego - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
forego - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
forego - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

Examples of foregoes

#   Sentence  
1. verb Many athletes forego a social life, so they can achieve their performance goals.
2. verb Witness, ye ashes of our comrades dear, / ye flames of Troy, that in your hour of woe / nor darts I shunned, nor shock of Danaan spear. / If Fate my life had called me to forego, / this hand had earned it, forfeit to the foe.
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Many athletes forego a social life, so they can achieve their performance goals.
Witness, ye ashes of our comrades dear, / ye flames of Troy, that in your hour of woe / nor darts I shunned, nor shock of Danaan spear. / If Fate my life had called me to forego, / this hand had earned it, forfeit to the foe.

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